Miguel Atwood-Fergusen & Carlos Niño - Tribute to Ma Dukes

L.A.'s own Carlos Niño(Ammoncontact) and Miguel Atwood-Fergusen drop an incredible tribute for Detroit's own super Hip-Hop producer JayDee Yancey(J-Dilla). The EP "Tribute to Ma Dukes" is a mere four tracks but within those 20 minutes four of Dilla's collaborative tracks are turned into some of the most hopeful, swirling sentiments of contemplative music. Exaltation cannot even describe...There's a bit of Classical, Jazz and Hip Hop. This beat-less expression contains all the Cosmic force of Hip Hop you need. There's Tribe Called Quest's "Find A Way", Dwight Trible and The Life Force Trio's "Antiquity", "Fall In Love" by Slum Village and Common's "Nag Champa". Word has it that if you played the original tracks with these orchestrations they would match up. The EP cover is a shot of the burial at Glendale's Forest Lawn. Considering how the pair paid tribute to Alice Coltrane upon leaving this realm at L.A.'s Japanese-American Museum(which was amazing), this seems the logical next step. Astral traveling fo' sho'!!!! May you be at peace Jay Dee.